NY Now Announces Best New Product Award Winners

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NY Now has announced that five companies were named Tabletop + GourmetHousewares Best New Product Awards winners. Twig New York - Hankook Chinaware New York Inc. received the Best of Market award for its Cutlery series.

The cutlery series, along with four other individual category winners, are eligible for NY Now's Best of Home award, which will be determined by online balloting during the Summer 2014 edition of NY Now.

Winners for the individual product categories were:

Cookware: Vietri for its Boun Gusto Medium Yellow Casserole baking dishes. Finalists in this category included Creo for its Creo Smartglasses, and Rosanna for its Savour.

Dining: Coltellerie Berti for Match, for its Compendio Steak Knife, a set of six steak handmade steak knives. Finalists in this category include Lorena Gaxiola for its Soft Rocks Glasses and Red Pomegranate Gilded Tableware for its Rabat covered dish.

Gourmet Accessories: Rosanna for its Stockholm Collection of canisters, bowls and mugs. Finalists include Birdkage for its Peyton Mini Bib Apron and The Spice Lab for its Tea Collections.

Kitchen Preparation: Define Bottle for its eco-friendly water bottles. Finalists include Zoku for its fish pops and Corkcicle for its Whiskey Wedge.

“We made two key changes to these awards this summer,” Marc Delman, Tabletop + GourmetHousewares national sales manager said. “First, we broadened the overall award to encompass Tabletop as well as GourmetHousewares, which is more reflective of the offerings at NY Now. We also added broadened the categories under the Tabletop + GourmetHousewares umbrella to include Gourmet Accessories as a new, fourth category. The summer 2014 winners and finalist exemplify high standards in product design and performance, and offering form as well as function for home cooking and entertaining.”

The winner of the "Best of Home" Award will be announced on August 20.